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Day: June 6, 2013

Europe 

European Central Bank says euro economy still shrinking

June 6, 2013June 8, 2013 VOANews

The European Central Bank says the economic fortunes in the euro currency bloc are continuing to shrink, but should advance

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Europe 

Russian president Vladimir Putin and his wife say ‘marriage is over’

June 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila have announced their split on June 6. In an interview with the

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Europe 

Flooding could cost Czech Republic as much as 1.16B euro

June 6, 2013June 9, 2013 Daniel Bardsley for The Prague Post Czech Republic

Offices closed, hotel bookings canceled, trains not running, industrial plants shuttered and businesses under water – the economic impact of

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Europe 

Turkish PM returns home to protests asking for his resignation

June 6, 2013 VOANews Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan returns to his country Thursday, after spending several days in North Africa as protesters

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Business Europe 

Latvia ready to join euro zone in 2014, EC says

June 6, 2013June 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, European Commission

The European Commission has published its annual convergence report on Latvia, concluding that the country was ready to join the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet revamps utilities regulator line-up

June 6, 2013June 6, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Government has appointed Anzhela Toneva as the new head of the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) and

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Europe 

Flood Watch Budapest: 55 000 people may have to be evacuated, PM says

June 6, 2013June 7, 2013 The Budapest Times Hungary

Up to 55 000 people could be evacuated in the Budapest area, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told MTI this

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB delays sitting of Parliament

June 6, 2013June 7, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

In a move apparently designed to trip up the proceedings of Parliament as a show of force, Boiko Borissov’s GERB

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World 

Ultra-light planet found outside Solar System

June 6, 2013June 6, 2013 VOANews final frontier

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has discovered what appears to be the lightest planet ever to be directly observed outside

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